Arizona attorney general sues Chinese online retailer Temu over data theft claims
The lawsuit alleges Temu engaged in deceptive trade practices and unauthorized data access, violating the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and risking privacy of consumers including minors.
- Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced a lawsuit against Temu for consumer fraud allegations, claiming the platform misleads consumers by counterfeiting brands and unlawfully collecting sensitive data from users' devices.
- The lawsuit claims Temu's practices violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act and posed extreme privacy risks to Arizonans, including minors.
- Mayes urged residents to delete their Temu accounts, warning of the invasion of privacy and potential malware associated with the app.
- Mayes alleged that Temu engaged in unlawful data collection, accessing sensitive information without consent.
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Arizona Sues Chinese Temu for Violations of Customers’ Privacy
The Arizona Attorney General Office has filed a lawsuit against Temu, the Chinese online shopping platform, alleging violations of the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act, including unlawful data collection, violations of customers’ privacy, and counterfeiting some of Arizona’s most iconic brands. The Office alleges that Temu has "repeatedly and willfully violated the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act...
The US state of Arizona decided today to sue Chinese online retailer Temu and PDD Holdings Inc over suspicions that they resort to stealing customer data.
Arizona Sues Temu, Alleging Theft of Americans’ Sensitive Data and Consumer Deception
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed a consumer-protection lawsuit accusing Chinese e-commerce giant Temu of secretly harvesting massive amounts of sensitive data from Arizonans’ phones, deceiving customers with counterfeit goods and fake reviews, and posing what she called a grave threat to consumer privacy and security. The complaint, filed Dec. 1 in Maricopa County Superior Court, alleges that Temu and its parent company, PDD Holding…
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